Paper Pumpkin Sympathy Cards

I had been working with an older Paper Pumpkin kit (March ’24) and made these four sympathy cards for my stash. The card bases are printed front and back, so I usually cut each one into two panels to add to white card bases. Almost everything for the card fronts came in the kit, but I did add small die cut iridescent butterflies that were popped up with foam tape. It’s hard to see in the photo but the purple strip is actually vellum and the sentiment piece has a gold foiled line across the top.

I included four of the printed envelopes because they add so much to a special card like a these. After stamping the sentiment, I decided to also stamp a butterfly to tie in with the butterflies on the card fronts. 

Supplies used:

March 2024 Paper Pumpkin, Memorable Meadows - Stampin' Up

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Rainbow Holographic card stock - Michaels

Butterfly stamp - old, Papercrafter Magazine

Sympathy Card w/ July's Sheetload of Cards

Today I'm sharing the first finished card from the July Sheetload of Cards that I shared yesterday. I will be finishing them off one by one, until I have eight completed cards for my stash. I thought the purple background to the gold floral cluster leaned itself well to a sympathy card and since I always like to have some of those on hand that is what I made.

I added a couple of butterflies punched from gold foil paper and matted the stamped sentiment on a gold foil paper scrap. Finally, a few glitter dots to finish it off. 

I don't usually do pop-ups inside a sympathy card but I do like to finish off the inside. So, using a different paper piece from the pad I cut a 4x6" piece. This mimics the 1/2" border all around the front panel. Another scalloped circle, this time from white cardstock and I stamped the sentiment with a plum ink. Then I added a pair of punched butterflies and my card was done.

I especially like the 5x7" size for sympathy cards.

Supplies used:

July Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Patterned paper - Brianna, K & Company (old, from my stash)

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Gold foil paper - Recollections

Floral cluster die - Hand Penned Petals Bundle, Stampin' Up

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart (old, from my stash)

Glitter Dot stickers - Ecstasy Crafts

Here for you - Waffle Flower

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Stardust glitter pen - Sakura

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Blending sponges - Tim Holtz

Stitched Scalloped circle nesting dies - Tutti Designs

5x7" card bases & envelopes - Ohuhu (Amazon .ca)

Vellum - Stampin' Up

Windmill Sympathy Card

I just love the look of a black silhouette over pretty scenic patterned paper. For today's card I spritzed a windmill die cut with shimmer spray, then popped it up onto the 4x6" patterned paper panel. Using coloured dye inks and blending brushes, I added some colour to the card base and I was happy with how that looked.

After stamping the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper, I matted the panel with black cardstock and adhered it to the card front. I forgot to photograph the inside, but I stamped a sympathy sentiment and there is lots of room for a personal message.

 

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Meandering Meadows, Stampin' Up

Windmill die - Paper Rose

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Dye inks - Catherine Pooler

Sentiment outside - Heartfelt Hexagon, Stampin' Up

Shimmer Spray

Sentiment inside- Sympathy to Stamp, the Stamps of Life

5 x 7" Card blank and envelope

Dog Bone Shaped Sympathy Card

I decided to make a pet sympathy card to have on hand, so pulled out the Slimline Dog Bone die from Whimsy Stamps. I also made it into a shaped card! To do this I die cut the bone three times. Twice from white card stock and once from the rainbow slimline patterned paper. After doing the stamping on the rainbow piece and adding the die cut dog, I adhered it to one of the white bones. For the remaining white bone, I scored those top bumps about 1/4" down from the top. Adding adhesive ABOVE the score line I attached the two pieces together. Ta dah - a shaped top folding card!

Now if I'd been smart, I would have done the inside stamping before I adhered the back to the card front. Instead, I stamped on a fishtail banner and adhered it over a scrap of the rainbow paper inside.

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper -  Rainbow Magic Slimline paper pad,  Whimsy Stamps

Slimline Dog Bone die set - Whimsy Stamps

Pawfect Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Get Grounded stamps - Ink Blot Shop

Critter Condolences - MFT Stamps

Wink of Stella

Butterfly Sympathy Card Duo

I love these patterned papers from Divinity Designs, so decided to use two of the prints to make a pair of 5x7" sympathy cards for my stash. 

I stamped the sentiment onto die cut labels then used a different die in the label set to cut gold vellum for the mat. It's subtle but so pretty in real life.  Since I like butterflies on a sympathy card, I die cut the butterfly trio (also Divinity Designs) from gold card stock and added the full butterfly to one card front. The pair of 'sideways' butterflies were added to the other and I used thin foam tape for all. 

The insides were done the same, using another label die from the set (Stampin' Up) and stamped flowers. The words/florals are from a very old stamp set which I believe is by Hero Arts.

I also added some Glitter Dot stickers for a little shine without making the card too sparkly. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Beautiful Blooms Slimline Sized (6 x 9") - Divinity Designs

Butterfly Trio - Divinity Designs

Gold foil cardstock 

Glitter Dots

Gold Shimmer Vellum - Stampin' Up

Tasteful Label Dies - Stampin' Up

Sympathy Stamps - Hero Arts (old)

5 x 7" card and envelope

Mini Slimline Sympathy Card

I have a number of Slimline sized paper pads, so pulled them out and was flipping through them for some inspiration. This sunset print grabbed my attention so I pulled it out and decided to make a Mini Slimline Sympathy card for my stash.

The card base was made using navy card stock and that is also what I used to die cut the forest/trees from Stampin' Up's Grassy Grove bundle. Then I added a sympathy sentiment with thin foam tape.

Below is a peek at the inside, using a word stamp by Catherine Pooler and the trees from the Grassy Grove stamp set. I also added the trees to the envelope to tie everything together.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Glorious Sky Slimline Paper - Whimsy Stamps

Grassy Grove Bundle - Stampin' Up

Simple Strips Sympathy stamp and die - Taylored Expressions

Petite Scallop Mini Slim Stacklets - Taylored Expressions

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

Mini Slimline Dog Sympathy Card

Sigh. Had to make our first pet sympathy card of 2024.  😢

This one started with a white panel that I stencilled the bones & paw prints, then used blending brushes to add some subtle colour. I stamped the little dog on a circle, lightly inked around him in blue and added it behind a reverse scalloped circle. Nuvo Glaze on the eyes gave them a little shine. The sentiment was stamped and added across the card - such a true sentiment.

Below is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies used:

Peeking Pets - Catherine Pooler

Inverted Stitched Scallop Circles - Pinkfresh Studios

Catherine Pooler Inks

Water Brush

Wink of Stella

Stencil - Bow Wow, Photo Play

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Critter Condolences - MFT Stamps

White pearl cardstock

Mini Slim Embossed Edge dies - Kat Scrappiness

Pawfect Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Best Friend - Waffle Flower

Nuvo Glaze

Floral & Copper Sympathy Card

Today's card was a bit of an experiment but I'm happy with how it turned out. The finished card is 5 x 7" but I started with two A2 sized note cards. The floral panel has copper foiled bits on it and the plaid is copper foiled as well. 

I cut the fronts off of the note cards, then two strips off of the plaid one. I adhered those strips to the card base with one at the top edge and one at the bottom. Then the floral panel was added on top with thin foam tape. The sentiment was stamped on a stitched & scalloped oval and I added a coordinating 3-d sticker. I didn't have any copper glitter dots, so I coloured gold ones with a brown alcohol marker and added several around the card front. I also peeled off the gems from the stickers and added a coloured glitter dot in their place. That reduced quite a bit of the bulk from the stickers and made them mailable.

Here is a peek at the inside with another stamped sentiment and another sticker. NOTE the stickers were quite layered, so I ended up pulling them apart and substituting thin foam tape for the full height foam tape in between the layers. 

Supplies used:

Foiled note cards - the Paper Studio

3-D Stickers - the Paper Studio

Stitched mini scallop oval dies - MFT Stamps

Encouraging words sentiments - Catherine Pooler inks

Glitter Dots

Alcohol Markers

5 x 7" Lacy Labels - Waffle Flower

Gold gel pen

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

5 x 7" Card base and envelope

Sympathy Card Trio

I pulled out this box of note cards and wanted to see what I could do with them. I HAD to have them when I saw them a few years ago, but I tend to forget that I have them. I have a matching sticker sheet so I got that out as well and decided to make three sympathy cards for my stash.

The first note card was cut in half along the score line, then the front was trimmed slightly smaller before adding it to a folded white A2 sized card base. After using a blending brush to add some colour to the centre I stamped the words with a dark grey ink. Then I added two small die cut butterflies which brings out the copper foiling on the floral image. I also added some glitter dots that were originally gold, but I coloured them with a brown alcohol marker so they look more coppery.

Inside I trimmed down the back note card panel then adhered it inside the card.  The sentiment was stamped on an inked scalloped circle and I added another copper butterfly with thin foam tape.

The second note card was cut in half along the score line and then the front was cut slightly smaller (4 x 5.25"). It was then attached to one of the other printed note cards in the package - the black with polka dots. I stamped the With Sympathy with grey ink on a scrap of white card stock then fussy cut it out and popped it up in the centre of the wreath with foam tape.

Adding one of the coordinating stickers to the lower left of the wreath and then a copper butterfly to the top right and some coloured Glitter Dots finished off the front.

Below is the inside of the second card. You can see I cut down the back of the notecard and added a stamped sentiment as I did on the card above. 

This third card was done the same as the above card only using a green ink for the With Sympathy.

The note card package also has a couple of black and white printed ones that I haven't used very much. So I cut one down for the inside of this final card to use as a mat behind the stamped panel.

Supplies used:

Foiled note cards - the Paper Studio

3D Stickers - the Paper Studio

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Scallop Circle die - Divinity Designs

Glitter Dots

Alcohol markers

Copper metallic cardstock

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Slimline Sympathy Card Duo

I had been flipping through some of my Slimline paper packages to see what would work with the Grassy Grove forest die (see the last card I made with that die HERE). When I saw this beautiful cloud piece with the sun rays streaming through - I knew I wanted to make it into a sympathy card. Since there were two of the same prints in the package, I ended up making two cards.

I like butterflies on a sympathy card, so I pulled out an older punch that punches the tiny butterflies as well as a medium sized one. Adding three of the tiny butterflies to each of the card fronts, I gave them a bit of shimmer with Wink of Stella.

Inside, I stamped the sentiment on a scalloped panel, and added a medium butterfly that was inked with the same blue ink & a blending brush. Then I added two more butterflies using the negative punched piece as a stencil.  

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Glorious Sky Slimline Paper - Whimsy

Slim Oversized With Sympathy die, Picket Fence Studios

Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart (old)

Wink of Stella

Slimline Lacy Layers - Waffle Flower

Wink of Stella

Sentiment - Inside Out Sympathy, Catherine Pooler

Small blending brushes

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Butterfly Sympathy Card

I gifted a friend a set of my hand made cards at Christmas, and she was so happy to see that I had included several sympathy cards. She said she has needed too many of them this past year and I realized my stash was also getting low.  

Looking for something else, I saw this paper package and thought I should have a look and see what was left in it. Not too much, as it turns out - at least not in the 12x12" package. But inside the bag was an almost full 6x6" pad of the same papers, so I am going to work at using up both the remnants of the larger one and the smaller pad too. Since this card is 5 x 7", I was able to use a larger partial piece for the front.

While this card is brighter than I usually use for a sympathy card, I am still happy with how it turned out. The layered butterfly was cut from cardstock, a patterned paper scrap and a leftover piece of gold foiled cardstock. 

Here is a look at the inside, with stamped sentiments and two little die cut butterflies. I have had this clear stamp set for many years so I don't know what it was called - but I did make a note that it was from Hero Arts.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Flower Market, Carta Bella

Layered Butterflies - Lawn Fawn

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Scrap of gold foiled card stock 

Sympathy words - Hero Arts (old, from my stash)

Glitter Dots

Gold Gel Pen

Pet Sympathy Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog.  I had to make another pet sympathy card for friends who had to say goodbye to their fur baby. It had come as a surprise to me, and I was feeling pretty down while making the card - so it's fairly simple on the front. I used a printed panel from The Little Book of Muddy Paws that I have been using so much this year, a simple grey mat, mirrored hearts and a stamped sentiment.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Heart Collage Pop Up which creates a flurry of hearts when you open the card. A heart border and paw print outline, as well as a stamped sentiment finished off the card. 

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

November so far - 19 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

5 x 7" Card Blank & Envelope 

Little Book of Muddy Paws - Hunkydory

Heart Collage Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Small blending brushes - I-crafter

Catherine Pooler Inks

Shimmer Spray

Short Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Best Friend (Poodle stamp) - Waffle Flower

Pawfect Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Ornate border dies - Scrapbook .com

Paw Print - Puppy Paws, Whimsy Stamps

Nuvo Glaze

Tree Sympathy Card

Isn't this tree background stamp pretty? It was in the Stampin' Up holiday catalogue and if you follow me you know I love trees & mountains etc. There were actually a few items in the catalogue that ended up jumping into my online shopping cart - a set of owls, and a gondola set that I bought because it was so different! There were also two holiday sentiment sets that I know I will get a lot of use out of. Of course I loved the patterned papers but managed restraint and didn't purchase any. I know - shocking, ha ha.

Right away I pulled out my MISTI and stamped the background a couple of times to see if it was as nice in real life and ... yep ❤️   I cut this one down with a stitched rectangle die and wrapped it with a strip of torn vellum. I stamped on the vellum and set it aside to dry while I die cut a tree and inked it. The stamps and inks are all from Catherine Pooler. The decorated panel was mounted to a slightly larger white card stock panel then to my card base.

Here is a peek at the inside. I used the negative image (from the cardstock that the tree was cut from) as a stencil and a bit of torn cardstock for the ground.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used.

Supplies:

Fragrant Forest background stamp, Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler Inks

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

MISTI stamping platform

Double Stitched Rectangle dies - Divinity Designs

Vellum - stash 

Encouraging Word Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Forest Trees (dies) - Echo Park

Circle Stickers - Dazzles

Mini Slimline Embossed Sympathy Card

 

Almost as soon as I got this embossing slimline folder - like 18 months ago - I embossed this gold pearl card stock. I oooooohed.  I ahhhhhhhed. And I put it in my 'in progress' bin to make into a finished card. Then promptly forgot about it, ha ha.

When I was flipping through the bin I pulled it out and decided to make a sympathy card with it. I cut the embossed panel down to fit on my Mini Slimline card base (3.5 x 6") then added some gold foiled bee stickers and a stamped sentiment on a label. The stamens got brushed with Wink of Stella and the card front was finished. Those gold bees show up so much better in real life ... in still shots they look brown rather than gold foiled and shiny.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October so far - 36 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used.

Supplies:

Gold Pearl cardstock - my stash

Simple Strips Sympathy stamp & die - Taylored Expressions

Gold foil bee stickers - stash

Slimline embossing folder - Lillies, Nellies Choice

Catherine Pooler Inks

Narrow gold tape - Amazon

Inside - Mini Slimline Embossed Edge, Kat Scrappiness

Sentiment - Inside Out Sympathy, Catherine Pooler

Dog Sympathy Card

Three friends have had to say goodbye to their dogs in as many months ... and then I heard that another friend did as well That's four furry kids gone - enough already! Today I'm sharing another pet sympathy card that I sent to one of my grieving friends.

This card started with a printed panel (the bulldog) from the Little Book of Muddy Paws by Hunkydory. Their dog wasn't a bull dog, but I loved the soft florals on the panel so that is why I chose it. I created a 5 x 7"  Z-fold card with dies inside by Karen Burniston.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September so far - 59 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

Little Book of Muddy Paws, Hunky Dory

5 x 7" Card blank and envelope

Twine

Paw Print Stencil - Your Next Stamp

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Hearts Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Stamps - Critter Coondolences - MFT Stamps

Mirrored Hearts - Kat Scrappiness

Paisley Sympathy Card

Today I'm sharing another sympathy card I made that started with these pretty card & envelopes from Stampin' Up. I thought the subtle pattern on the card fronts was perfect for a sympathy card and the envelopes have gold foiling on them!

I added some dimensional paisley stickers from my stash, and a stamped oval to the front.

Inside is the verse on a layered oval and an additional sticker. I also sprinkled some flat gem stickers on both the front and inside to tie in the gold foiling on the envelope.

One more look - you can better see all the dimension and gold foiling on the stickers.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August so far - 2 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me too much out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used.

Supplies:

Card Base & Envelope -  Texture Chic, Memories & More (Stampin' Up)

Oval Stitched Rows dies - Divinity Designs

Encouraging Words Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Circle Stickers - Dazzles

Gold Gel Pen

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

Stickers - unknown, possibly K & Co (from my stash)

Catherine Pooler inks

Various card stocks - my craft room